Ask The A.V. Club comes up from time to time, but in the age of Google, does it have a reason to exist? That's always the question that stop us when we bring it up internally.

I agree, and yes, that's essentially what I meant.

I just don't know anything about that, apologies.

We share your desire to do a better job promoting the meatier content. Hope to orient a redesign next year around that issue.

Maybe not right this minute, but yes.

Just folks I see around these parts a lot. "Top" was not the best choice of words. Regulars, I mean. There's no hierarchy

Nope

Anytime you guys are worried about something like this, drop me an email, jteti@ this website. I can reassure you, and I want to hear when you're concerned about the future.

Okay, I'm late for a meeting, and I need to run. This was a blast, even beyond my expectations. Thank you for your comments, and I'm sorry I couldn't answer more of them. I am truly moved by your investment in the site. We will DEFINITELY do this again.

I love clothes, thank you for your kind comment. I shop mostly at Bloomingdale's. I used to work with a personal shopper at the flagship store in New York, but the staff in Chicago doesn't quite get my style like my New York Bloomie's guy did. So now I just shop for myself. I know it sounds hoity-toity to say I had a…

Our scale only goes up to A. Any A+ grade is a fuckup and should just be considered an A.

Oh man there's no greater source of lingering resentment for Josh and me than the absence of the TV show follow feature. We were promised that it would be restored "soon" by the engineering team at the time (different bunch than we have now) and they just never could make it happen. Very embarrassing for us on the…

I really want to do another Pete video. Might have Pete do playoff football picks this year, we'll see. You can always have a hug, GL, thanks for being such a loyal reader.

Quality is by far the top criteria. Political impact might factor into considerations of quality for some contributors, but there are so many other factors that are considered, politics doesn't really stand out to me in the conversations we've had about year-end lists. That said, writers can get caught up in a…

Please ping @onionproduct on Twitter or send an email to webtech@ [this website] so we can look into this for you

1. Thank you
2. We are always looking for ways to be rid of Taboola
3. I'd love a drink. I actually don't like beer though

We did meet up for breakfast in Boston, it was fun! Nathan is really sweet, unassuming, and down-to-earth as you might expect from watching his wonderful show.

1. answered elsewhere
2. Fallout 4 is the shit.
3. The term "clickbait" doesn't really come up because it's lost all meaning. My standard is that if the headline is deceptive, that's bad. But having a hook is good. If we're up front about what we're going to give the readers when we click through, I can sleep well at…

This is pretty much still correct. Comment traffic is actually not such a reliable indicator of pageview traffic, which is why this may seem crazy to our regulars. But it just hasn't been worth it in the past. That said, things change. I'm open to reconsidering it.

I will never ever get tired of Simpsons quotes in comment threads.